---
title: 'Good Neighbor Sam (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Swift'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 130
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/good-neighbor-sam-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058153/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Good Neighbor Sam (1964)

1964 · 130 min · United States


## Synopsis

Good Neighbor Sam is a 1964 American screwball comedy film co-written and directed by David Swift, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Jack Finney. Shot in Eastman Color, it stars Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine, Michael Connors, Edward Andrews, Louis Nye, Robert Q. Lewis, and Edward G. Robinson. In the film, a family man is talked into helping his wife's recently divorced best friend claim a large inheritance by posing as her husband in order to fulfill a legal requirement. However, the ruse spills over into the man's advertising job, where his recent promotion requires him to maintain a wholesome image.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-swift)
- **Producer:** [David Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-swift)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank De Vol](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-de-vol)
- **Director of Photography:** [Burnett Guffey](https://cinepixo.com/people/burnett-guffey)
- **Editor:** [Charles Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-nelson)

## Cast

- [Dorothy Provine](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-provine)
- [Anne Seymour](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-seymour)
- [Joyce Jameson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-jameson)
- [Mike Connors](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-connors)
- [Romy Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/romy-schneider)
- [Charles Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lane)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Peter Hobbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-hobbs)
- [Edward Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-andrews)
- [Jack Lemmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lemmon)
- [David Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-swift)
- [Joel Fluellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-fluellen)
- [Edward G. Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-g-robinson)
- [Richard Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hale)
- [William Forrest](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-forrest)

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